The piece of work of Sophie Standing is unbelievable . She uses her collecting of fabrics from around the world to produce very colourful interpreting of the animals of Africa . All the remains is for her to take on the paint turtleneck , at which stage art will have lave nature .
More figure of Standing ’s art are usable on hersite , and can be commissionedhere . Here ’s how she makes her art , from the site :
In 2003 Sophie move to Cape Town , South Africa and is now living in Karen , Kenya . Sophie ’s textile embroidered art is inspired by the flora and zoology around her in Africa and combines this with her passion for fabrics and fabric . Her one off piece are created by appliqueing an intricate collage of framework onto the canvas where her image is already sketched out . She then draw the details over the top of the fabric with her stitching political machine using many different dyed ribbon .
Sophie has an extensive collection of fabrics from all over the world and in a vast array of designs and textures , ranging across haberdashery , dress qualification , quilting , new and vintage , floral , modern , wool , cotton , silk … … Liberty and Kaffe Fasset being among her darling .
Here ’s a piece call “ The Pirate ” ( a quislingism withAnthony Russell ) inprogress :
Here are three more pieces , but there are many more you should definitely see in agalleryon her site ( plus , you may zoom along in on the picture there ):
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